Fiat Chrysler and Unifor announce $1.5-billion investment to build EVs in Windsor

Successful contract talks mean Fiat Chrysler’s Windsor assembly plant will undergo a multi-vehicle platform makeover, with plug-in and battery electric vehicle manufacturing starting in 2024

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Nova Scotia Power launches smart charging pilot in bid to utilize more renewable energy

Utility will pay customers to install electric vehicle smart chargers as it moves to incorporate visibility, more capacity and lower costs into the province’s grid

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Federal government announces $1.5-billion for zero-emission buses and charging infrastructure

Funds are part of a $10-billion Canadian Infrastructure Bank Growth Plan to shore up the economy with investments in clean energy and low-carbon building retrofits, agriculture and broadband initiatives

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Walmart places one of Canada’s largest electric truck orders, 130 Tesla Semis

Retail giant Walmart Canada boosts its order of 18-wheeler Tesla Semi trucks three-fold and pledges that its entire fleet will be “alternatively powered” by 2028

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Innovation, acquisitions driving lower battery costs showcased at Tesla’s Battery Day

The market leading EV-maker debuted its latest advancements with Canadian talent and opportunities showcased throughout

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New lessons from the epic story of Moli Energy, the Canadian pioneer of rechargeable lithium battery technology

B.C.-based Moli Energy is renowned as a technology innovator that spawned great ideas and great talent — including today’s industry leader Jeff Dahn — then collapsed. Thirty years on, with potential growth in the offing, is its story again pointing Canada forward?

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The Jeff Dahn effect: superstar alumni and a growing regional battery cluster

In the second of our feature series on the NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair, we focus on the cluster of lithium-ion battery expertise building around Dahn’s lab at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and his extended impact on the next generation of Canadian researchers and developers

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Clean Fuel Standard postponement a solution delayed, not a solution denied

Experts say the launch of a Clean Fuel Standard, with initial regulations now slated for release this fall, remains potentially transformative for the Canadian EV industry

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As provinces deem EV charging essential, infrastructure providers work to maintain business as usual

With their operations still moving ahead in Canada’s biggest provinces, EV network providers face their first “real test” amid the chaos of COVID-19

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